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Global development tweeters to watch in 2014http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jan/08/global-development-tweeters-to-watch-in-2014
<p>This year&rsquo;s movers and shakers on the microblogging site include the Filipino climate change commissioner and the co-founder of Food Tank</p><p>Are you bored with your Twitter timeline? Fed up with reading tweets about selfies? If you’re looking for something different, check out our tips on the development tweeters to watch in 2014.</p><p>Anybody know? RT <a href="https://twitter.com/oscarthinks">@oscarthinks</a>: Any NGO coalitions forming to oppose Uganda LGBT law? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Uganda&amp;src=hash">#Uganda</a></p><p>On January 1st, we will have the global solidarity <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FastForTheClimate&amp;src=hash">#FastForTheClimate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FastOnTheFirst&amp;src=hash">#FastOnTheFirst</a> I dedicate to all victims &amp; survivors of the typhoon</p><p>As we end the 16 days of no violence against women we continue the fight! We also celebrate Mandela who stood by women!</p><p>Never been more dangerous time to be an aid worker &amp; never more need. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WHD2013&amp;src=hash">#WHD2013</a> -tribute to those that risk their lives to save lives</p><p>Looking for good examples of deliberate INGO programming on inequality (income, assets, essential services, gender, other). Any links pls?</p><p>That's why sustained engagement &gt; campaigns!! RT <a href="https://twitter.com/greggweiss">@greggweiss</a>: Campaigns turn on and off. People don't.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/kweligee">@kweligee</a> Exactly. As more people joined Twitter it changed the dynamic and turned the elitist platform on it's head. <a href="https://twitter.com/Woozie_M">@woozie_m</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23KOT&amp;src=hash">#KOT</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Taxjustice&amp;src=hash">#Taxjustice</a> types - you may be interested in comments here re legitimate use of research findings on child mortality <a href="http://t.co/dBiOjaQjFw">http://t.co/dBiOjaQjFw</a></p><p>Why are flights in Africa so expensive? <a href="http://t.co/yCBj9q3ydQ">http://t.co/yCBj9q3ydQ</a></p><p>You have what you need to fulfill your destiny. You're not anointed to be anyone else; you're anointed to be you.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jan/08/global-development-tweeters-to-watch-in-2014">Continue reading...</a>Global developmentTwitterWed, 08 Jan 2014 12:01:52 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jan/08/global-development-tweeters-to-watch-in-2014Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/ReutersGlobal development tweeters to watch in 2014. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/ReutersPhotograph: Fabrizio Bensch/ReutersOne in the eye for job applicants: employers are increasingly looking online to vet candidates. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/ReutersMaeve Shearlaw2014-01-08T12:01:52ZGlobal development Twitteratihttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2011/sep/21/global-development-twitter-users-follow
Twenty Twitter users to get you started in the global development debate on the microblogging site<br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/30/africa-twitter-blogs-politicians?CMP=twt_gu">Check out Africa's top 10 tweeting politicians</a><p>The development Twittersphere has grown hugely in the last few years, and it's a great place to spot the latest news, opinion, challenges – and sometimes public clashes.</p><p>Below is a selection of 20 well-known development Twitter users, plus their own Twitter biographies, for a flavour of how some development experts use this microblogging site. This is just a snapshot of some of the most interesting people you could be following, rather than a definitive list. We hope this encourages you to explore the development Twittersphere yourself:</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2011/sep/21/global-development-twitter-users-follow">Continue reading...</a>Global developmentTwitterWed, 21 Sep 2011 15:08:22 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2011/sep/21/global-development-twitter-users-followNicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesDiscover what's happening in the development Twittersphere. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesNicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesIs your charity making the most of Twitter and other social media outlets? Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Guardian global development team2011-09-21T15:08:22Z